Short and Insufficient Profile: Ventrell Jenkins

OK, so, during the dragging, sweaty, uncomfortable months of summer, we flippantly mentioned that we would be profiling every player on the team. It will only be fun and worthwhile, we decided, if we were both informative AND funny. Well, it would be really fun if we were drunk the entire time, but that’s neither here nor there. Thus, for these ten weeks leading up to the UL game, we will have at least one profile a day. We hope you enjoy these as much as we enjoyed the idea of doing them, but not the actual task. Oh, and we see the egregious “that’s what she said” in the headline.

We’d also like to use this italicized space to apologize to the families of the players whose last names end in ‘A’ or ‘B’ because these early ones might suck a little.

 Ventrell, taking a Leak…ZING!

Boring, Obligatory Vitals

Height–6’2″

Weight–285

40–4.87

Year–SR

Position–Defensive End

Hometown–Columbia, SC (Columbia)

Unfair comparison to NFL-er: Langston Moore.  Why?  Well, Langston plays on the defensive line, has 4 career sacks, played in the SEC, and is also from South Carolina.

Most interesting fact from his media guide bio: Volunteer official at a youth tournament in 2007 (could you imagine giving that guy any lip?)

Something we made up about him: His real name is Ventrelloquist.

Items of legitimate interest: Plays big in the biggest games.  Had a career-high two sacks in the victory against LSU.  Also backs up his promises.  After the MCB in 2006, a few of my buddies ran into him at the Opryland Hotel with his family, where he promptly told them, “We’re gonna beat Louisville for y’all next year!”  He then had a huge sack on Brian Brohm a few months later.  Man of his word.

Outlook for 2008, based on light research by our minions: Also has an NFL Scout Profile that states he is the 37th best DE in the country.  The big guy was a solid run-stuffer last year, but he has shown the athleticism to move to end.  Will start at DE opposite Jarmon, giving UK two solid bookends with a ton of “meet-you-at-the-quarterback” potential.